Exodus 20

1 God spoke all these words, saying,

And God speaks all these words, saying,

2 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

“I [am] your God YHWH, who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants.

3 “You shall have no other gods before me.

You have no other Gods before Me.

4 “You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

You do not make a carved image for yourself, or any likeness which [is] in the heavens above, or which [is] in the earth beneath, or which [is] in the waters under the earth.

5 you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,

You do not bow yourself to them, nor serve them: for I, your God YHWH, [am] a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third and on a fourth [generation] of those hating Me,

6 and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands.

7 “You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.

You do not take up the Name of your God YHWH for a vain thing, for YHWH does not acquit him who takes up His Name for a vain thing.

8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Remember the Sabbath day to sanctify it;

9 You shall labour six days, and do all your work,

six days you labor and have done all your work,

10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;

and the seventh day [is] a Sabbath to your God YHWH; you do not do any work, you, and your son, and your daughter, your manservant, and your handmaid, and your livestock, and your sojourner who is within your gates—

11 for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.

for [in] six days YHWH has made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that [is] in them, and rests in the seventh day; therefore YHWH has blessed the Sabbath day and sanctifies it.

12 “Honour your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

Honor your father and your mother, so that your days are prolonged on the ground which your God YHWH is giving to you.

13 “You shall not murder.

You do not murder.

14 “You shall not commit adultery.

You do not commit adultery.

15 “You shall not steal.

You do not steal.

16 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbour.

You do not answer [with] a false testimony against your neighbor.

17 “You shall not covet your neighbour’s house. You shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbour’s.”

You do not desire the house of your neighbor, you do not desire the wife of your neighbor, or his manservant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything which [is] your neighbor’s.”

18 All the people perceived the thunderings, the lightnings, the sound of the shofar, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance.

And all the people are seeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the horn, and the mountain smoking; and the people see, and move, and stand far off,

19 They said to Moses, “Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don’t let God speak with us, lest we die.”

and say to Moses, “Speak with us, and we hear, and do not let God speak with us, lest we die.”

20 Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won’t sin.”

And Moses says to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to try you, and in order that His fear may be before your faces—that you do not sin.”

21 The people stayed at a distance, and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was.

And the people stand far off, and Moses has drawn near to the thick darkness where God [is].

22 The LORD said to Moses, “This is what you shall tell the children of Israel: ‘You yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

And YHWH says to Moses, “Thus you say to the sons of Israel: You have seen that I have spoken with you from the heavens;

23 You shall most certainly not make gods of silver or gods of gold for yourselves to be alongside me.

you do not make gods of silver and gods of gold [to be] with Me—you do not make [any idol] for yourselves.

24 You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you.

You make an altar of earth for Me, and you have sacrificed on it your burnt-offerings and your peace-offerings, your flock and your herd; in every place where I cause My Name to be remembered I come to you, and have blessed you.

25 If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.

And if you make an altar of stones for Me, you do not build them of hewn work; when you have waved your tool over it, then you defile it;

26 You shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed to it.’

neither do you go up by steps on My altar, that your nakedness is not revealed on it.